Bottle, jug, jar, or similar vessel with a neck.



No. 637,459. Patented Nov. 2|, I899.

H. B. HANDLEY. BOTTLE, JUG, JAR, 0R SIMILAR VESSELS WITH NEGKS.

(Application filed Mar. 81, 1899.) No Model.)

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HARRY B. HANDLEY, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

BOTTLE, JUG, JAR, R SIMILAR VESSEL WITH A NECK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 637,459, dated November21, 1899.

Application filed March 31, 1899. Serial No. 711,311. (No model.)

:0 and similar vessels have been .provided with a neck having an openingor mouth on the top and being closed or stopped by the covering orinsertion of a cork, stopper, cap, or some other similar means ormethod, and in order to remove the latter instruments of the most variedkind and nature were in common use, oftentimes requiring the exertion ofmore than ordinary physical force. Besides that, it is common knowledgethat such vessels can be filled and refilled by anybody by mostprimitive methods and means.

The object of my present invention is to so construct bottles, jugs,jars, and similar vessels having a neck that the opening or mouth on thetop of such vessels is entirely done away with and with it the use ofcorks, stoppers, or caps of any kind or nature and instruments ofremoving the latter and that the process of refilling such vessels afterconsumption of the original contents by others than the owner of theoriginal contents will be connected with such difficulties as to makethe vessel of value only to said owner of the original contents. To thisend the neck of 3 5 the vessel has integral therewith three roundedgedprojections, causing thereby two distinct recesses, the middleprojection being a trifle larger in its circumference, the top projection being of equal circumference with the lowermost projection,forming, however, a

solid top. Within the recess of the-top and the second projection arethree openings of equal size and equally distributed around thecircumference of the narrower neck (or neck 5 proper) of the vessel, onepermitting the passing of air, the others permitting the egress andingress of liquid. A flexible band resting within the recess formed bythe middle and lower projection is pulled over the said middleprojection into the recess above, causing a constriction around thenarrower neck of said recess, closing said three openings thereinhermetically.

The nature of my said invention will best be understood when describedin connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1represents the Vessel hermetically closed. A is the flexible band, Bshowing the lower recess.

Fig. 2 represents the vessel opened. A is the flexible band, resting inthe lower recess,

B showing the three openings, 0 showing the spaces between the openingsas far as visible on the drawings.

Fig. 3 represents a sectional view of the vessel, B showing theopenings, A the flexible band, resting in the lower recess, and O theinner wall of the vessel.

Fig. 4 represents the flexible band.

What I claim as new is- 1. The bottle, jug, jar and similar vessels witha neck above described having three projections, the first projectionforming a solid top of the vessel, these three projections causing twodistinct recesses, one of which is provided with opening into the bottleand a band or its equivalent adapted to shift from one recess to theother and to hermetically close said openings, as and for the purposesset forth.

2. The bottle, jug, jar and similar vessels with a'neck above describedhaving a recess on the neck of the Vessel, a solid top, openings in saidrecess and a band or its equivalent movable into and out of said recessand adapted to close said openings hermetically, as and for the purposesset forth.

3. The bottle, jug, jar and similar vesselswith a neck having therein aplurality of openings and integrally thereon a plurality ofcircumferential projections, an intermediate projection being largerthan the extreme projections and a shiftable band adapted tohermetically close said opening, as and for the purposes set forth.

HARRY .B. HANDLEY.

Witnesses:

JOHN F. SoHULz, J. B. HEDLAN.

